Freshman Tre Johnson poured in 18 points in just 22 minutes of play, lifting Texas to a 77-53 win over Northwestern State on Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas.The Longhorns (11-2) won their fourth straight outing as Johnson returned from a two-game absence due to a sore right hip. He finished 7 of 11 from the floor with four 3-pointers, leading the way as Texas held the Demons to 30 percent shooting in the first half while building a 19-point lead.The Longhorns stretched the advantage to 56-26 on a dunk by Chendall Weaver with 13:50 to play.Texas had more than enough to cruise to the finish and is in fine shape in advance of its first run in Southeastern Conference play. The Longhorns play at rival 13th-ranked Texas A&M in the teams’ league opener on Saturday.Jordan Pope added 11 points and Arthur Kaluma recorded 13 rebounds for Texas. None of the Longhorns’ starters played more than 28 minutes.Micah Thomas scored 19 points, including 16 in the second half, and Addison Patterson had 18 points for the Demons (5-7).The Longhorns made an early bid to bury Northwestern State by scoring the game’s initial eight points over the first 3:15 of the first half. The Demons responded with an 11-4 run, capped by a layup by Patterson at the 10:15 mark that cut the deficit to 12-11.